5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

FAWNS

FAWNS is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of fawn

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fawn

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How FAWNS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts FAWNS as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 248 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,489 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

F___S F in the 1st position and S in the 5th position F__N_ F in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT ROUET COREY LINER REACT
Words starting with F Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
248 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How FAWNS performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#8,489 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, FAWNS ranks #8,489 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
814
4 guesses
1,251
5 guesses
238
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
27%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

592
285
251
161
152
118
71
63
58
50
47
45
38
35
30
29
24
22
22
21
18
16
15
14
12
11
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing FAWNS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
11% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

25.1% →
TOILE 5.97 bits
12.1% →
ALERT 5.52 bits
10.6% →
ROUET 5.51 bits
6.8% →
COREY 4.60 bits
6.4% →
LINER 5.09 bits
5.0% →
REACT 4.74 bits
3.0% →
TRIDE 4.71 bits
2.7% →
TOILE 5.05 bits
2.5% →
ALIEN 4.41 bits
2.1% →
TRODE 5.00 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for FAWNS; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

F4A1W4N1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.